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The National Weather Service has predicted extreme cold throughout the upcoming week, an extended period of time that portends frigid conditions. Given that forecast, the Bucks County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) joins the County Health Department and Advocates for the Homeless and Those in Need (AHTN) to issue a “Code Blue” declaration. This Code Blue declaration will cover the period of 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 through 7 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

The EMA has notified the December, 2017 on-call churches, Emmaus Rd. Lutheran Church in Levittown, Neshaminy Warwick Presbyterian Church in Warminster and Quakertown Masonic Lodge to activate their emergency shelters. Beginning on January 1, 2018, the host church in lower Bucks will be Woodside Church in Yardley. The on-call church volunteers will coordinate transportation, temporary shelter, food and other necessities.

In addition, County Emergency Management Director Scott Forster and Health Director Dr. David Damsker have notified local public safety officials of the Code Blue declaration. They advise all residents to be aware of another period of severe weather conditions. County residents are urged to check on their elderly neighbors and pets during this period of extremely cold weather.

For additional shelter information, please call the homeless hotline at 1-800-810-4434. For general cold weather information, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website: www.emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/winter.